Winding device



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WINDING DEVICE.

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JOHN EDWVARDS BARBOUR, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

WINDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,266, dated February14:, 1899.

Application filed March 10, 1898- To a whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN EDWARDS BAR- BOUR, a citizen of the UnitedStates,and a resident of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in WindingDe- Vices, of which the followingis a specification.

Myinvention relates to devicesfor winding cord, and especially to thosedevices in which the cord is drawn from reels or any other form ofcord-supply and wound by machinery upon balls or cops, and moreespecially to that special device in which the cord passes through areciprocating guide in the process of windmg.

The objects of my invention are to provide, first, a means for savingtime in winding; second, means for saving labor, and, third, means forpreventing injury to the cord. I attain these ends by the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter fullydescribed, like numerals of reference referring to similar partsthroughout the various views and the description. Heretofore in devicesof this class when the free withdrawal of the cord from the reels becameprevented, owing to various causes, among which were some obstacletending to prevent the rotation of the reel itself, or more often theformation of a knot or tangle in the cord, the cord remaining in theguide would saw back and forth with the reciprocations of the latter,constantly chafing on portions of the machine and the ball or copitself, and thus resulting in wear, roughening, weakening, and sometimesrupture of the cord, and always, if the motion long continued, in itsinjury. As it is customary to build these machines containing a largenumber of separate winding elements, all driven by the primary power, itis evident that it was impracticable to stop the whole machine when oneelement became obstructed. Thereforeitfrequentlyoccurred that one ormore elements might be obstructed for a less or greater period of timebefore the obstruction could be removed, and during such time the motionof the reciprocating devices continuing resulted in the aforesaidinjury. By my invention, however, each separate element is provided withan automatic release or stop motion by which, as is hereinafter moreparticularly described, the cord is Serial No. 673,350. (No model.)

instantly removed from the reciprocating guide upon the stopping orhindrance of the feed from the supply and is as immediately thrown inagain upon the resumption of the feed after the removal of theinterfering cause.

Figure 1 represents a partly-sectional end view of my improvement asapplied to an organized machine for winding balls or cops in which anumber of elements are combined and driven by the usual means. Fig. 2 isa front elevation of a portion of the organized machine, showing twoelements with my improvement applied, the one on the left normallyoperating, while the one on the right shows my device operating to stopthe motion or sawing of the cord. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Referring now to the figures, 1 is the reel of cord; 2, a strand of thecord as it leaves the reel before passing over the safety device. 2illustrates such strand when the reel is reversed and the cord isunwinding from the rear, the operation of my improvement being the samein either instance. 2 illustrates such strand when drawn down from itsnormally tangential position with respect to the reel by the knot ortangle 12.

3 represents the apron or main body of the safety device, made curved,so as to present a smooth surface without an obstructing edge, althoughI do not limit myself to such shape. 3 are ribs constructed thereon tokeep the cord or strand within proper limits.

3 is an axis about which the safety device is free to turn, beingnormally maintained in a substantially horizontal position by.means ofthe weight or counterbalance 4. 4: is this counterbalance, of suchweight as to maintain the fiat portion of the apron 3 substantiallyhorizontal save when unusual or abnormal strain is imposed on the strand2 2", when in such case the safety device is revolved partially about 3*in spite of the counterweight, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

5 is the strancl-guide,\vl1ich reciprocates in front of and close to thecop or ball 7 for the purpose of laying the strand properly upon thecop. It is usually formed with smooth edges, so that the cord or strandmay be easily and without injury placed in or out of it, but is of suchform and dimensions as to normally retain the strand. As this is wellknown at 6, Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

is free to partially revolve about the axis 8.

and normally permits the cop 7 to rest on the driving-rolls 10, whichrotate the cop by the resulting surface friction. These rolls aresupported in the arm 9, forming a part of the frame 11 of the machine.

The operation of the device is as follows: When the reel bearing theskein of cord 1 is placed in position on the machine, or when anothermeans of cord-supply is used,when the strand is to be connected, thestrand is led, as at 2 or 2, over the apron 3 of the safety orstop-motion device and between the ribs 3 thereon, then through theguide 5 and onto the cop-tube held in the lever-frame 8, which bears, ashas been said, on the driving-rollers 10. So long as the motion and feedcontinue constant the safety device is inoperative and the strand isretained in the guide 5, performing its usual functions. If, however, aknot forms in the skein or the reel is caught or undue tension isotherwise applied to the strand 2, this tension pulls down the apron 3,revolving the safety device about the axis 3", the counterweight 4 beingadjusted so as to allow this revolution upon the imposition of abnormaltension or strain. The eifect of such revolution is to raise theweighted end, over which the strand passes, normally into the guide, andsuch raising at once lifts the strand out of the reciprocating guide 5,allowing the guide to continue its reciprocations under the strand, butnot in contact therewith, as shown The strain is also suf ficient tocause the cop to stop, slipping upon its driving-roller 10, but not inany way injuring the strand. As soon as the difficulty has been removedand the tension become normal the counterbalance brings the apron backinto its usual position and permits the strand to drop down, so as toengage with the my invention to machines or means for taking the cordfrom any special or single form of reel, skein, ball, cop, or othercord-supply, as it is evident that my invention is applicable inconnection with any kind of cord-supply, and when the word reel or skeinor other specific word is used herein it is to be understood as simplyindicating a general idea of a cord-supply.

What I do claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a supply, a holder, a strand-guide, and acounterbalanced tilting apron, engaged by the strand and controlled bythe tension thereof, whereby said strand may be engaged with ordisengaged from the strand-guide. g

2. In a winding device, a supply, a holder, a counterbalanced tiltingapron over which the strand passes, controlled by the tension of thestrand, and means on the same for limiting the lateral movement of thestrand, and a strand-guide.

3. In a winding device, a counterbalanced tilting apron controlled bythe strand, in combination with a strand guide, and means thereon forautomatically engaging or disengaging the strand in the guide.

4. In an organized winding-machine the combination of a cord-supply, theobject to which the cord is being transferred a strandguide open on aline perpendicular to the said object, a counterbalanced tilting apronprovided with guiding-ribs and operated by tension of the strand todisengage or engage the strand in the guide.

5. The combination with cord winding mechanism, of a cord-supply and acounterbalanced tilting apron intermediate the cordsupply and windingmechanism over which the cord passes, said apron being adapted to swingupon its axis to raise or depress the cord out of or into engagementwith the winding mechanism, substantially as described.

6. A cord-supply, a holder for the object being wound, means for movingthe same, a strand-guide, and means for operating the same, acounterbalanced tilting apron engaged by the cord, means on said apronfor guiding the cord, means to maintain the apron normally in suchposition, that the cord engages the strand-guide, said tilting apronbeing adapted to automatically move the strand out of engagement withthe guide upon the application of abnormal tension.

Signed at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,this 8th day of March, A. D. 1898.

JOHN EDWARDS BARBOUR.

